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Royal Palm Beach is a village in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
The population was 21,523 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population
recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 30,371.[1] Contrary to the name of the
village, it is located approximately fifteen miles inland, from the shore of the
Atlantic Ocean.
History
Royal Palm Beach was incorporated on June 18, 1959.
In 1990, Royal Palm Beach was named as a Tree City USA. Its entire area is
designated as a bird sanctuary.
On November 15th, 2007, the Village of Royal Palm Beach adopted Resolution 05-70
to create a CityHost411 system for it's residents, visitors, and the Village
itself. The system will mirror the system that was implemented by the City of
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in August, 2007.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 21,523 people, 7,604 households, and
5,976 families residing in the village. The population density was 840.3/km˛
(2,176.0/mi˛). There were 8,083 housing units at an average density of 315.6/km˛
(817.2/mi˛). The racial makeup of the village was 78.15% White (69.4% were
Non-Hispanic White,)[2] 14.21% African American, 0.28% Native American, 2.63%
Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.30% from other races, and 2.38% from two or
more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.83% of the population.
There were 7,604 households of which 63.9% were childfree married couples, 42%
had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11% had a female householder
with no husband present, and 21.4% were non-related individuals. 17.2% of all
households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average
family size was 3.20.
In the village the population was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18,
6.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were
65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females
there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6
males.
The median income for a household in the village was $54,766, and the median
income for a family was $61,063. Males had a median income of $39,356 versus
$29,991 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,875. About
3.7% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 85.80% of all
residents, while Spanish was at 11.49%, and Tagalog as a mother tongue made up
0.48% of the population.
As of 2000, Royal Palm Beach had the eighty-ninth highest percentage of Cuban
residents in the US, with 2.95%, while its Jamaican community had the
thirty-second highest percentage in the US, with 4.10% of the population (tied
with Tamarac and Goulds.)